Orange, Polenta and Almond Cake

Name: Orange, Polenta and Almond Cake
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes: 8–10-portion cake
Ingredients: sugar to taste plain natural yoghurt for serving; 1 lemon, grated zest and juice; 3 eggs; 175 g / 6 oz golden caster sugar; 1 orange, grated zest and juice; 175 g / 6 oz butter; ½ tsp arrowroot; 2 large oranges; 100 g / 3½ oz candied orange and lemon peel, diced; 30 g / 1 oz flaked almonds; 120 g / 4 oz ground almonds; 1 tsp baking powder; 150 g / 5 oz fine maize / polenta flour

Preparation info

Makes:
8
–10-portion cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

A wheat-free cake made with maize flour or polenta and ground almonds; served with warm orange sauce and plain natural yoghurt.

Ingredients

175 g / 6 oz butter
175 g / 6

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Cream the butter with the sugar and grated orange and lemon zest until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs beaten with the strained orange and lemon juice, and stir in the polenta, baking powder, the ground and flaked almonds, and candied peel. Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking tin and smooth level.

Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden skewer comes out clean from the centre.